Family Photo shoot {sneak peek}

 

Our Summer So Far ~

Our summer has been cram-packed with all sorts of things, some of which we've already blogged about (see here and here).  But, I was just recently looking at our photos, and noticed that there were several photos that I hadn't blogged about, so here we go.  :)

Okay, technically this wasn't quite the summer (June 16th), but close enough.  We went to watch one of our close family friends, Isaac, play some softball. 

Mr. Isaac up to bat.

Got his first hit of the season: a single.

Who's on first? ;)

Waiting for his second at-bat.

Our "kitty" had kittens.  She had four, but sadly two of them have died.  The two that survived we named Dusk and Dumpling.  :)

Now, this was officially in the summer. ;)  July 4th I decided we needed to have some kabobs.  So, I grilled them up! 

Abby made a coleslaw (and other things) to go with the kabobs.

Deviled eggs go great with a lot of things!

Playin' the mandolin for a while, waiting for the grill to do it's job.

Looks like the grill did good!  Nom, nom!

Now THAT'S one good looking plate of food.

On the 12th of July we went down to Dallas, to Caleb and Claudia's home, and surprised Caleb for his 22nd birthday.  Ate pizza, visited, watched him open a few presents, watched part of a baseball game, and just had fun.  :)

The boot star!

Six of us were wearing boots, so we decided to snap a picture.

We have several tomato plants (roma and beef steak), and boy have they produced a bunch of tomatoes!

We also got some onions from our garden.

Fresh tomato slice, onion slice, with some homemade cheese, on a piece of homemade oat bread - sooo good! 

This is Dumpling, the older of the two kitties.  He's a ginger-tabby like his mom.  :)

And this is Dusk - she's basically all grey, except for a few streaks of yellow, and white 'socks'.

Joel came up for the weekend a couple weekends ago, and brought part of his drum set.  So we rocked out a bit.

Our cantaloupe (and watermelon) vines have gone crazy, and we've gone 6 or 7 large ones already. 

There's nothing better than a cold slice (or 2 or 3 or 4...) of cantaloupe on a hot summer day. 

The creator's art

This past Saturday evening we had a close friend of ours, Jared, up to have dinner with him.  He is moving far, far away (okay, only like 6 hours), because he has a job with a fire department, where he'll be in training for the next several weeks to be a fireman. 

We'll miss you, Jared!

And we had to do one crazy picture - although I don't think Dad got the memo... 

Life

Here are some pictures of what we've been up to lately.  :)

Abby, the day we left to take her to Tyler, for her to help our aunt move to Pennsylvania. 

Zak and E.G. love playing with Jaden.  :)

Cousins.  

Johanna wears the stickers E.G. was handing out.  

Smiles! 

Silly faces

Abby helped drive one of the four vehicles in their caravan.  I believe the suburban in this picture is our Aunt Jill's.

Aunt Jen & Uncle Charles' new living room.  

This college is very close to Aunt Jen's new home. 

Grams looks very small next to these statues! 

Miss E.G.

Three sisters: Grams (Anna), Aunt Minada and Aunt Charlotte. 

Poppy & Grams

Picnic and visiting

I love this sequence of photos.  :)

Four siblings: Aunt Charlotte, Uncle Chuck, Aunt Minada and Grams 

A little more serious...

Not for long!

The beautiful housing on Aunt Jen's street (I think). 

Abby was gone on Mother's Day, but the rest of us went down to Dallas to hang out with Grandma, Joel, Jason, Jessica, Caleb & Claudia, and our friends Mrs. D and Isaac.  

Caleb fills water balloons.  

Dinner out back.

Joel and Jo chat. 

Claudia being mischievous. 

"Joel's story table"  ;)

Gotta play some baseball.

 

It's always fun with these guys. 

May 17th we had an apologetics/worldview seminar at our church.  Sadly, we didn't have a large turnout, but it was good nonetheless!  (Dad is talking in this photo.)

Jaden helps by running the camera. :)

Joel talked about the importance of having a Biblical worldview.

For the last session we watched a great video presentation by Carl Kerby, entitled, "Evolution in Pop Culture." 

The book table.

Mom wore this gorgeous outfit on Saturday.  :)

 Abby and I went to a tea party for the little girls at our church, to help out and have fun, of course.  :)  We got to dress up, and eat yummy food and I took pictures.

Abby at the tea party

Yours-truly

Johanna did my hair.  And I'm wearing her dress. ;)

I love this girl!  :)

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Siblings photo - minus Caleb & Claudia